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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-27
SPARE the Hawks.

The South Jersey farmers asa saying,
''Spare the hawks and owls" They are
satisfied that since the Game Protective
Society of New Jersey spent several thou
sands dollars in bouuties for the dostruc-
ton of the hawks, OF the ground that they
killed quail and small game, that they have
suffered from mice and vermin destroying
the crops The bounty was mostly paid
by the West jersey Society, and hawks
and owls became rarities in South Jersey.
The field mice and many insects which
were choice morsels of food for the hawks
and owls have multiplied and have become
an inmumerable caravan in certain agrie-
ultural localities. For some time the
Ornithological Department at Washington
has been making an investigation, and it
finds that there are about fifteen species Of
hawks and owls in the Eastern States. Of
these only three varieties ever feed upon
poultry. They have received ninety birds
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania and
found only one or two cases where smaller
birds were found i'll the stomach Of hawks.
The majority of the hawks had fed on
mice. 4 prominent Bridgetou farmer.
who eo-operates with the Department,
makes the statement that each hawk and
owl is worth $25 per annum to the farmer
of that locality. He futher1 states that
every field mouse not caught will damage
crops to the amount of two cents a year.
Many farmers share the opinion that the
hawks and owls should be spared to fight
the nuisanccs of the field.
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\ Decision in the IRON Hall case.

A largo gathering of officials and menu
bers ofthe Order OF the Iron Hall was held
at Vice Chancellor Birds chambers in
Camden on Monday at the final hearing in
the ease of Messrs. Plat and Aldrich, ex-
PEELED members, against the Order OF the
Iron Hall. The entire day was consumed
in argument of counsel, Mr.. Crandall for
plaintiff claiming that the liabilities were
81, 900, 900 and assets $200,0 600. Afidavits
were presented showing the Order to have
16, 700 members in the United States, and
1900 in New Jersey. His point was
whether a temporary injunction restraining
the Order in the State from sending money
to the Supreme Sitting should be made
permanent. The Vice Chancellor said his
province wasae to pass upon the ques-
ton whether the order was founded on
moral principles or was a scheme TO de-
fraud. He had granted the order to show
cause owing to the threat that the officers
intended to remove moneys from the State,
which had not been proven. He felt it
his duty to deny the permanent injunction,
and would allow the compliments ten days
in which to amend their bill, or he would
dismiss it. In regard to the claim that the
Order was violating the Insurance laws of
the State, If this be true then the COM
claimants are equally responsible andc can ask
no Court for relief.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-27

The Pilesgrove Library trustees on Mon
day distributed and mailed to the people
OF Woodstown q circular appealing for
financial assistance for the institution
which should call forth q favorable re-
spouse from every one who has the good
of the younger portion OF our community
at heart. To bring within. the reach of a
boy or girl, a young man or woman, or in
fact people of any age, an assortment of
good books to accumulate which for them
selves would cost more than the average
mar or woman is worth in a lifetime, is no
small undertaking, but this is just what
the P%ilesgrove Library is doing, as a host
of readers can attest, and that with very
little noise, and heretofore without calling
on the public except in a way that gave
moneys worth for the money contributed,
in the way Of amusement or refreshment.
The present appeal is based on the real
claims Of the library on the people for sup
port, and ought, for this one time at least,
to meet with hearty recognition.
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Decoration Day at o.l.er Places.

In Bridgeport Revs. W. n. Ogborn and
j. X. Freed are expected to deliver adj
dresses and the Swedesboro Post will pro-
badly decorate the graves.
G. A. r. Memorial Services on Memorial
Day at Bridgeton, will be held in the Opera
House in the evening. An address will be
delivered by Rev. Daniel Harris, of Free
hold. a former member of the 18th y. j.
Vols.
At Salem the line of march, headed by
the Drum Corps, will be taken up about
1 z. NJ. for the different cemeteries, where
the graves of comrades will be strewn with
flowers. The members of the Ladies
Relief Corps will accompany johnson Post
in carriages. After this the veterans and
citizens will assemble in the Lecture Hall,
where Rev. C. +. Downs will deliver an
appropriate address.
The arrangement for Decoration Day in
Woodbury. will provide for about the usual
order of ceremonies. In the forenoon the
different cemeteries will be visited and the
graves decorated. At 2 O'Clock P. NJ. the
decoration of the Soldiers Monument will
take place, and the public will be invited
to assemble in Garrigues Hall to listen to
addresses, the speakers being Rev. 3. G.
Lippincott, Mayor d. o. Watkins and Rev.
j. j. Pierson.
James S. Stratton Post, G. A. r., Of
Mullica Hill, have arranged the following
programme: In the morning the Post will
proceed to Five Points and Mt. Zion ceme-
teries where they will decorate with flow
ers the graves of the soldier dead. At l.30
P. M. the Post will assemble in front of
the Patrons Hall and escorted by the
Mullica Hill cornet band march to the fol-
lowing cemeteries: Episcopal. Baptist,
Methodist md Friends; from there to the
Town Hall where an Grafton will be de-
livered by Belmont Perry, Esq, Of Wood
bury. There will also be other speakers.
All soldiers not members of the Post, Sun
day-schools, temperance organizations and
the public in general are requested 10 take
part in these services.
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NOtpS.

The congregation of the First NJ. E.
church, of Salem, have decided to erect q
new church on the site of the one now in
use.
Tho Broadway M. L. Sunday-school, of
Salem, will make their annual excursion to
Pcnnsgrove, on the steamer Reybold, on
June 30tb.
The Presbyterians of Bridgeton will
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
church's organization in big style August
2Sth. A number Of speakers will be
present.
Rev. Mr.. Osborne win address q Tenn
perance meeting at Alloway this evening,
and will Illustrate his remarks by black
board sketches of the effects of alcohol on
the human system.
As a result Of the May Meetings in the
Woodbury. NJ. f. Church. one hundred and
eight persons Joined the Church on proba-
ton. Rev. 3. G. Lippincott is the pastor,
formerly of Salem.
The Quarterly Conference of the N. =.
Church, Woodstown, will be held on Fri
day evening, juno 10th. Quarterly meet
ing on the Sunday following. Love-Feast
at 8 o'clock A. M. Preaching at 1870.
Rev. q. T. Dugan, of Mullica Hill, is
giving a series of illustrated lectures in the
M. +. church at that place on Sunday
evenings. They will be continued through
June. Next Sunday evening week Dune
5th,) he will give an illustrated sermon on
the Ten Virgins"
The Quarterly Meeting Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Swedesboro will be
held June 4 and 5. Quarterly Conference
Saturday evening, June 4th; Love Feast
Sunday morning, 0 o'clock; preaching by
Rev. Milton Relyea, Presiding Elder, at
10 o'clock, Sunday June 9th.
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ArbOr Day.

The following letter received from the
Department of Agriculture will explain it
self:
The Forestry Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washington de-
sires to be informed about the interest and
success with which Arbor Day has been
observed this year in your State. VIII
you kindly give prominent notice of this
request in your paper, and thus aid the
Division in forming an estimate of the eff
feet which this institution may be expect
ed to have in turning the attention of the
people to the Forestry Problem. The Di-
vision will be gratified if some n in each
town will send an account of the manner
in which the day was observed, the num-
Der and kinds of trees planted, and any
other facts Of interest in connection with
the celebration.
Address Forestry Division. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, d. c,
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Au,cxery for a ueadssone.

The Lower Alloway's Creek correspond
ent of the Salem Sunbeam says: Many
years ago in clearing up the Canton Bap-
fist cemetery, the workmen found a hiek-
org bush a few inches high, which by
chance had sprung up on the grave of
Thomas Watson, the donor of the ground.
Caleb Stackhouse, who was assisting at
the work, bat who has long since passed
away, plead for the little hickory, and
among other things said that since Mr..
Watson, while living, had been a staunch
Democrat, it should be allowed to remain
not only to mark the resting place, butalso
the politics Of the man. who had so gen
erously given the ground for a public
burial place. His pleadings prevailed and
it remained untouched. The hickory has
now attained a growth of over three feet
in circumference at the butt, and towers
many feet in the air and will point out to
coming generations the spot where mould
ers the dust of Thomas Watson, a public
benefaetor.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-27

About five o'clock Tuesday morning the
large barn and livery stable Of Charles Sur
ran, near the depot in Elmer, was diseov-
cred to be in flames. The horses and
wagons in the building were imediately re-
moved to a place Of safety, but the barn
and the remainder Of the contents, consist
ing Of some wheat, hay, etc. were burned,
there being no insurance on the loss. The
origin of the fire was a mystery, but sus-
picion was aroused against a so-called corn
doctor who had been around Elmer for a
few days before the occurrence. He was
arrested and given a hearing before Es-
quire HitcLner, and as his account of his
whereabouts on the night of the fire was
not satisfactory he was committed to
Salem Jail. lie gave his name as Phillip
Iiotchford, and claimed to hail from
Chicago, Ill.
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NOW Jersey MiIk pura.

New Jersey milk is in high favor in New
York and Philadelphia, and consumers
declare that it is the only milk that can be
trusted as being practically free from adul-
teration. State Dairy commissions r Newton
has his deputies at work all over the State
watching the principal shipping points. All
through South Jersey the condition of the
milk is found to be 40 per cent. better than
last year. 4 few cases in Salem. Burling-
ton and Camden counties have been found
where the lactometer proved that the
solids were not up to the State standard.
The local Boards Of Health of Newark and
Asbury Park are the only onest that inspect
Independently Of the Dairy Commission.
Some fifteen cases are under preparation.
A number of old cases have been taken to
the Court of Errors and Appeals.
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Afn Historic Relic.

Mr.. Jerediah Dubois, D~aretown's popular
merchant, was recently presented by Mr.
Nathaniel G. Swing, a veteran Democrat,
who is now in his 93th year, with an old
family relic Of historic interest, in the
shape of an old cartridge box made from
solid walnut, in the style used in those
days of hardship and privation during the
American Revolution, and was worn by
Garrett Dubois in the struggle for free
dom, who subsequently became q general
in the army of our forefathers, those noble
and illustrious men, who pledged to each
other their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor, to secure tine independence
of this glorious republic .-Ehaer Times.
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zicd.

REYNOLDS At Swedesboro on May 18th,
Luther H., son OF Charles g. aud ANNA NJ. Rey-
nolds, aged , years and : months.
CuFF.-In Aloway township, May n, Ell
wood, son OF Charles and Hannah tnff, aged Y
years.
GARTON.-ln Briageton. May s., Joseph Gar
ion, of Elmer, N. j., aged 81 years.
B~UTLER-on May nth, near swcdeslaoro,
Catherine 5. Butler, {eoioretij.
RAINE.-In Pennsgrove. May T. Iss7, lauigt
". wife OF Charles Iaine. aged ~ years.
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Obituary.

William B. Waters, son OF William and
Harriet Waters, of Camden, died on We'd
nesday last at the residence of his parents,
and will be buried on Saturday (to-mor-
row. at S%harptown. Services at the Sharp
town church at 10. so.
Ann Carney, mother of Samuel Carney,
of our Borough, died on Friday last at
the residence OF her daughter in Camden,
of general debility. Deceased was the
widow of Martin Carney, a former resident
of Woodstown, and vas the mother of a
large family of children. She was in her
95th year. The funeral services were held
at the residence of her son, Samuel, in
Woodstown on Wednesday last, and she
was buried in the Friends cemetery.
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5ust over The County Zines.

The public school at Mullica Hill will
close June 10th.
A cemetery company will probably be
organized in Swedesboio.
The last sale of lots at Woodbury. Park
averaged about 500 per lot.
The potato bug is said to be destroying
the tomato plants in some sections of the
county.
The bugs and cuts worms are annoying
the farmers and truckers Of Gloucester
county.
Cumberland %county's Board of Free
holders has appropriated $3.50 to provide
the glass ballot boxes.
The old Clerks and Surrogate's offices
at Woodbury., will be sold at auction next
Saturday, fo-moTrow) afternoon.
$34, 900 out of the $50, 900 have been sub
scribed for the proposed new bank at Glass
boro. Subscriptions are coming in slowly.
Fourth of July will be celebrated in
Bridgcton with a racing event. There
will be 2.27, 9.35 and 3-minute races for
$3.50, 5000 and 1926 respectively.
Mr.. Charles James, living in the vicinity
of Gouldtown, has a worm fence some 500
or GOO yards in length built exclusively of
heavy railroad ties.
Gloucester county's Board of Freehold
ers nave authorized the building of q new
draw bridge over Raccoon creek at Swedes
boro. The bridge will probably cost
s., 1000 aud is to be built this Summer.
About a year ago Thos. Ticc, OF Deer
field, had q steer Oil exhibition in Bridge
ton. 1t was estimated to weigh $500
pounds. A Bridgeton tanner has just fin
ishcd tanning the hide. which weighed 100
pounds when the steer was killed. The
skin is thirteen feet long and ten feet wide
and is one of the largest known to the tan
ming trade.
A number of families have already been
added to the resident population of Pitman
Grove for the season, and others will move
INTO their cottages soon. The avenues are
kept nicely cleaned, and the grove is said
to present a more attractive appearance
than on former years. The resident pop
ulation increases each year, and the out
look is pronounced encouraging by the as
ISOLATION.
The entire family of Z. Batten, at Centre
Grove. was poisoned on Friday by eating
a number of pickles which had been pre-
pared in a copper kettle to make them
green. The pickles were eaten at supper,
and members of the family were seized
shortly after the meal with terrible vomit-
ing. DR.. Sturdivant, of Millville, was sent
for and at once administered antidotes and
saved their lives.
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Temperance work in salem.

The "Wharf Meetings. carried on last
summer so successfully by the ladies of
the Salem w. c.. T. IT,, at the steamboat
wharf at the foot of Broadway, have been
resumed for this season. The first meet
ing was held last Sunday evening, and was
addressed by Frank G. Smith, ESQ.,, of
Bridgeton. There a large attendance. Mr..
Smiths subject was 'The Home" The
MEETINGS will be held each Sunday even
ing, at the same place, from six to seven
o'clock.
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pHzIADEIPHIR MARKETS.


CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY By W. c. GARRISON
337 SOUTH FRONT ST., PHfLApELPHIA
BUTTER AND STOCK
Butter, prime print 25e to zoe per ib; fair, lie
to 29c per lb: roll, l2c to I5c per lb: omman
Z to Toe per ID. Eggs, 13c to l5e per doz.
Calves &c 10 &c per ID; sheep,5e IL &c pHr
lh; lambs, SEQ to $500 each
FEATHERS AND WOOL
Feathers-Geese, soc 10 SOC per Ib; duck,
25c TO zoe per lb; turkey &c to SC per IL;
chicken, 4c to &c per in.
Noo-washed, 32c 10 Sc per III; unwasheds
&c TO . per Id.
OYsrERs:-
Prime, $500 10 $500 per Dbl; culis, s20o to
$3.50 per Dbl; CLANS, $3.50 to $500 per leo.
GAME
squads, i5c to soc per pair; pigeons. acc 70 l5e
per pair; %snappers, &c lose perlb-
Fresh FISH
shad, roe. 5000 10 $500 per 100; bucks. ss.g,
roSI0gg9 per 100; herring, &c 10 3Dc per 100.
rock, SC TO Toe per ID; perch, &c TO re per ID:
CATFISH, &c TO SC PEI Id; ~tfout,@e to &c per 10.
DRESSED POULTRY:
Spring chickens. soc 10 45c per ID: winter
chickens, &C to &c per ID; fowls, lie 10 lie III.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Apples, choice. $3.50 to $500 per Dbl.
fair, $3.50 TO S+.W FER bib.
Potatoes, old, CSC 10 zoe per bushel.
new, prime, $500 to 500 per BILL.
" cHlls, $500 to 800 per bib.
Cabbage, new, s2.50to $500 per Dbl.
Strawberries, l5e to lsc per qt.
Peas, soc TO 75e per basket.
C~ucImbers, @-fo s. per crate.
Oranges, choice. s. to -.-per box.
Lemons, s. to S. per box.
Asparagus, lec to l2c per bunch.
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GOOD work.

The congregation of the NJ. z. Church.
of Woodstown. in conjunction with the
Sunday school, will hold a straw berry and
ice cream festival in MeAllister's Hall, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons
and evenings of week after next, dune 9th,
10th and 11th). The proceeds are for the
very desirable purpose CT re-itting and
furnishing the lecture and Sunday school
room of the church, II improvement in
which every body who attends services in
the NJ. L. Church is interested. There
should be a full attendance and liberal pat
ronage Of this event.
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Personal.

Rev. Chester Bridgman paid our town a
brief visit this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Bacon, ofIIurlf-
vile, celebrated their golden wedding last
Friday, and there was a great gathering of
their relatives and friends for miles around.
The genial Gwynne Jr., Of the Sunbeam,
has broken ground for the erection of q
residence on the east side of Oak street,
Salem. Coming events cast their shadows
before" Shake, Robert.
Hon. E. A. Armstrong, of Camden,
started on Monday for Minneapolis, Mimi,
to attend the session Of the National Bap-
fist Association, to which body he is a del
egate. He will also attend the session OF
the International Sunday-sehool Assoeia-
ton which meets in Chicago. He will be
absent about two weeks.
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CHURCHES.

FRfENps-Services on First and Fifth days at
1880 A. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month. Sunday
school meets at 900 O'Clock every Sunday
morning.
METHODIST E"PIscoPAL-tev L. II. Durell.
Services Mt 1000 A. NJ. and 7.30 p. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 40 p. NJ.
Sunday school at 200 P. NJ, superintendent,
George W. Boone.
BAPrIsT-Rev. W. e.. ~rnwal
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 1870 7. II. Prayer
meeting Thursday ut $50 p. NJ.
Sunday School ut 200 p. NJ, Joseph Bradway.
superintendent.
PnEsByTERIAN--Rcv. i. p. johnson.
Services at 1000 n. N. and $50 z. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at T.30 p. NJ.
Sunday School at Has A. NJ, j. +. Jaquette,
superintendent.
GATHoLIC-Rcv. Father Tracey.
beginning Sunday, January 9th, services at
IL O'Clock, a. NJ, and every other Sunday ut Q
O'Clock, A. N.
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No y

The case Of Empson Atkinson against
i. a. Massey, to recover possession Of the
store premises occupied by Mr.. Massey in
Beckcr's building, came up for trial before
Esquire Dickinson on Friday last. A venire
for a twelve-man jury had been issued and
the constable had secured the necessary
number, but each party to the suit exer-
eised his right of peremptory challenge so
freely that the number was cut down one
half in the twinkle of a sleeps tail when
the panel was brought to the book. The
constable declared his inability TO procure
the attendance of any more jurymen and
the case was thereupon adjourned to FRI
day, June 10th. f. A. Armstrong, Of
Camden, represented the plaintiff, and E.
s. Fogg, Of Woodstown, the defendant.
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gAarcied.

CLEMENT-DU BOIS.-At the broadway NJ.
L.. parsonage, Camden, May is, by Rev, W. +.
G.. Strickland, MIR. BENJAMIN ". Clement, OF
Camden, and Miss MaggieL l.. Dubois, o. Woods-
town, Nj.
SAUL-MATTsON.-May H. by The Rev.
William ii. Van Horn, at hisresiGenee n Gam
den, Mr.. samuel +. saul, of Philadelphia To
Miss Letitia L.. Mattsoa, OF Evans Mills, N ..
NoftTH-CHRISTN.- Att e residences Of the
brides parents. by Rev. q. II. Tuliis assisted
nv Reysi J.. g.. Crate, and :. H.. Hann, j..
Thomas North, to Miss Lizzie NJ. Christy ali
OF Elmer.
ENGLISH-SHULTZ.-In Pennsgroye, on
Max 18th, 1887, by Rev. Z. e.. Caflnan, Warren
G. English and Miss Frances NJ. shultz, both
of PennsgroNe.
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Jehu L. Allen has commenced another
house on Spring Garden street near the
first one which he Is building.
James L. Plummer, at Swedesboro, has
purchased some Of the ground of the
Clark hotel property, and will lay it off
into building lots.
Worknen are laying the foundation of
Howard Bassett's new barn, on his farm
just outside the Borough, ON the old road
TO Sharptown. The structure will be
ready for raising next week. 1t will be
40x60 feet in size, with a basement story of
brick, and will be one of the largest and
most convenient structures of the kind in
the county. A P~ennsgrove firm will do
the work of raising the heavy timbers with
q derrick.
A very complete system Of electric
alarm has been introduced in the First Ma
tional Bank Of Woodstown, by means of
which it is rendered impossible for any
one to effect an entrance into the building
by any OF the ordinary modes of ingresS
without sounding an alarm-bell to APP
prise the Waterman on duty of their ap-
proach. Every door and window is guard
ed, and it would seem impossible for an
unauthorized person to gain admission to
the building outside of the usual banking
hours.
Vast improvement is going ON along the
line of the West Jersey Railroad above
Woodbury.. At Newbold, a newly laid out
building site on the river shore opposite
Westville, $4,000 worth of building lots
were sold on Saturday last at prices rang
ing from 5000 to 5000 per lot, and the pros
pect is that building operations will go
rapidly forward. At Gloucester, a new
and handsome station has been built in the
place of the old eXe-sore that has stood SO
long as a memento of the times when rail
roads manifested less taste for the beauti-
full than they o do.
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The last meeting Of the season Of the
Band Of Hope, of WoOdstown, was held at
the w. c. T. L. rooms last Saturday after
noon. There were 10t present at the meet
ing, Of whom more than ninety were child
rem, members of the Band. The usual ex-
ercises were gone through with after which
the children were RECALLED with ice cream
and cakes, TO the satisfaction of all present.
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Assessment Commenced.

Township Assessor Richman started out
on his travels on Tuesday morning, and
for the next month or SO will be making
inquiries of our people without regard to
age, color or previous condition of servi-
tude, which if asked by anybody else in
the township would be considered highly
impertinent. He'll get there all the same,
and people might as well make a clean
breast of it when he comes around.